Britain's economy is struggling, the Eurozone is lurching from one crisis to the next and the US is threatened with a credit rating downgrade. Julian Glover, Larry Elliott and Nick Pearce discuss how policymakers should react

As Portugal's socialist government falls, a trend is emerging of centre-right parties replacing social democrats in office across Europe. Michael White, David Hearst and Stephen Tindale debate the political effects of a European financial crisis

There are fears across Europe that a multibillion euro bailout will not be enough to contain the latest economic crisis. Our expert panel discusses how Ireland got into this precarious position – and which countries could be next

Seumas Milne, Michael White and Julian Glover ask if the prime minister is posting his own suicide note, take a look at Tory plans to get into bed with some distinctly odd European rightwingers, and educate themselves on Gordon Brown's new schools policy